Things are impermanent, life is impermanent, but music and the arts are lasting joys.

In response to Stephen Hough's anecdote about ageing audiences, Elizabeth Quinn shares the story of her elderly friend meeting Sir Andrew Davis after his farewell MSO concert.

As seen in the recent bushfire crisis, artists and arts workers are among the first to do their bit to help raise funds. Sincere gratitude to them for their courage and generosity.

The Peruvian maestro with a diary full of Australian dates talks to Clive Paget about career choices, composers who float his boat, and how a zero-waste lifestyle has enabled him to turn garbage into art.

The Australian Chamber Orchestra violinist tells us about the orchestra's upcoming Arvo Pärt & Shostakovich program.

Collaborations between Indigenous musicians and composers with Western classical orchestras, ensembles and musicians are beginning to grow. Steve Dow talks to some of the artists participating in the cultural exchange about the challenges involved, the protocols that need to be respected, and the exciting new Australian sounds that are emerging.

Ahead of upcoming performances with her father, Japanese composer and conductor Joe Hisaishi, the singer tells us about her big break as a four-year-old singing on the soundtrack to the iconic Studio Ghibli film Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind.

The composer tells us about her response to Beethoven’s Ninth, which premieres at the MSO’s Season Opening Gala.

Voted Limelight's Australian Artist of the Year 2019 by our critics, the Yorta Yorta soprano and composer looks ahead to an extraordinarily busy 2020 season.

Sam Allchurch, who directs the concert, tells us about his choice of the Twelve Days of Christmas as this year's theme.

Sharon Grigoryan has curated a series of chamber music performances in the Adelaide Festival Centre’s Quartet Bar. She tells us what to expect.

The standout CDs of 2019 plus music for your Christmas stockings, Bran Nue Dae at 30, David Williamson's final curtain call, and we interview Richard Mills.

Get to know soprano Laura Wilde ahead of her debut Down Under in the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra’s Hansel and Gretel.

To mark his father’s final season with the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra, Ed Frazier Davis is channelling Hildegard of Bingen.

The popular Australian Chamber Orchestra cellist tells us about his double bass envy, his love of cooking, and his most awkward moment on stage.

Sir Andrew Davis, Alondra de la Parra and David Robertson are about to conduct their final concerts as artistic chiefs of the Melbourne, Queensland and Sydney Symphony Orchestras respectively. Here’s a look back on their time Down Under.